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entourage: ornament, decoration surrounding something; group of acquaintances
entourer: to surround
entourloupe: scam; attached strings
entourlouper: to swindle; dupe; hoodwink
entourloupette: mean trick
entourner: to wind, turn or curl around something
entournure: armhole
entr'acte: dated spelling of entracte
entr'aide: dated spelling of entraide
entr'apercevoir: Pre-1990 spelling of entrapercevoir.
entr'ouïr: to hear poorly
entraccorder: to agree with one another; to mutually agree
entraccuser: to accuse one another; to mutually accuse
entracte: interval; intermission; interval act; half-time show
entradmirer: to admire each other
entraide: mutual aid (action of helping one another)
entraider: to help one another
entrailles: entrails, bowels, guts; womb; bowels, depths
entrain: spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive
entrainement: post-1990 spelling of entraînement
entrainer: post-1990 spelling of entraîner
entraineur: post-1990 spelling of entraîneur
entraineuse: post-1990 spelling of entraîneuse
entrainé: carried, dragged; involved
entrant: entrant, new player
entrant: incoming
entrapercevoir: to glimpse; to catch a glimpse (of)
entraperçu: glimpsed
entrave: hobble (chain); fetter (chain); hindrance, obstacle
entraver: to hinder; to impede; to fetter; to shackle
entraver: to understand
entraxe: the distance between two axes
entraînable: trainable
entraînant: catchy; entrancing
entraînement: training
entraîner: to coach, to train; to carry, pull, drive; to drag (along); to bring about, lead to, involve; to exercise, to train
entraîneur: trainer (coach)
entraîneuse: female equivalent of entraîneur; nightclub hostess
entre: between; among
entre autres: among other things, inter alia
entre chien et loup: between a dog and a wolf; at dusk, at twilight; gloaming; golden hour (used in same technical sense for “good photographic light at twilight”)
entre couilles: between men
entre de bonnes mains: in good hands, in safe hands
entre deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre: one must choose the lesser of two evils
entre deux âges: middle-aged
entre guillemets: quote unquote
entre l'arbre et l'écorce: In a bad situation; between a rock and a hard place
entre la poire et le fromage: blithely, lightly, rather carelessly
entre le marteau et l'enclume: between the hammer and the anvil; between a rock and a hard place; between the devil and the deep blue sea
entre nous: between ourselves, between you and me
entre nous soit dit: between ourselves, between you and me
entre parenthèses: in brackets (between brackets); by the way; as an aside
entre quatre yeux: one-to-one, describing a meeting between just two persons
entre quatre-z-yeux: alternative spelling of entre quatre yeux
entre-deux: interspace, gap (between two things); half-time, intervening period; jump ball, drop ball
entre-deux-guerres: an interwar period
entre-déchirer: to tear each other to bits
entre-dévorer: to devour each other
entre-frapper: to hit each other
entre-heurter: to hit one another